The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume], February 11, 1862, Page 2, Image 2

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Publisbedi o Tuesday and Friday.
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THOS.. H.
.JN, . JI7ICT~IN7S4Z N
EDITOR ANI) PROPRIETOR.
We will be pleased to receive con
tributions frm our friends, in and
iround Shreveport. An occasional
articlel from our planters, relative to
the crops, will be very aceeptarble.
In fact, we desire correspondence
from every soction of the States.
Personal articles will rnot be pub
lished, either as communications or
atdvertisolnets.
Those friuedly to our undertaking,
who may hear of any local, or other
items, that may prove of interest to
,,ir readers, will favor us by handing
inl the same at the oflice of the News.
na writing. be brief and concise,
bering in mind, that lengthy coin
munnications are seldom appreciated
Ih- newspatper, reiders.
~ur Agseitr :
Mr. X. Li AN . .....hreveport.
Mr. J. .11. Lw rnur ... . Bet~vue.
M~r. H. C!. CL'mnº...... . V icksburfi.
SMr. 1). 1). O BaRIN, .. .New ()rleans.
MIr. JOHN W. TABER,. N aNtdhitoe ie&s.
IOr. W. S. I)oNALuhoN,... Mansfield.
Eior.tinatefri can act RoAgf1tsI, K&
r,4taIxi ail) ce-nts frolaL the ainouant
to-pWa ded, tbr 'very yearty ,ub
..criber.
TIESUIAY PEBRIJAf II, 1852.
%imgle Cpolrieu, 10 Cents.
# $ee Every Pace.
PitetS1s indebted to this office will
much oblige us by settling up imme
:liately if possible. Flour, pork and
I,.of, will be as acceptable as moxney.
'I'odte the river has risten at this
p1,int, nearly five feet. Thle avera:ge
rise at presnut is about l~ inches in
Shours.
The time of arrival of the stage
from ntMonroe, has beet changld, we
therefore get the mail in the evening
now, instead of the ,:orning.
Cotton and leather is comini in
here freely, the former meets with a
re..ay s~le at 6 cents cash for Good
Midkidling, and 7'i8c. in trade. The
Wo.ol market is inactive.
The river for the past ifew days
I:has been gradually rising, and will
likely continue so sl'wly, tor some
fime. With heavy rains here and
above, our river frienud may com
nence prteparations for visiting our
port pretty tpou9s
(htr worthy postmaster will accept
,our thanksabrhis polite favor.
We learnw by the Alexanuria Demo
,erat, of the 5th, that Red ifiver has
riseni over four feet at that place.
'"'wo hundred and fifty sacks of coff
hand airiVed tfhere from San Antonio.
A IVery Old , Person.-A black
.-oman nanl edt filihi, who belonged
to 3%1r. .. 0.. Watkins, of Chester.
field, recently died at the emxtsaurdin&
ri age of one hundred snd eighteen
vears! At the age of oop hludred
: ud ten she married her third hus
thand. She retained hlrs uses i
remaskable vigor to the time ofb e
den h. HEer aficted hausband, who
must ~ave been devoted to. her with
t sort of idelatry', wandered off afte
her deat]iy? d bas never been heart.
14 si ce, s.ttitsfeared . he perishe dip
the woodsaor by dxwpipg in the riv
er. This i+ ýaite a smema.p ateoq
Iut we are amauredon thie best auth
,rity *hat it iutssic7 ttrde It , t-.
he c aashd- Ahlacd k tragesdmS4-lieh
luO af ithigbli ·· ···! *< :
it hlMan nIlo little satisfac
tion that we e watched the effect
pt Fed u sodfb of oqr -
rari iw t was ihiti .m. a .
been introduced into the Cofi 4h$e
Congress to put newspapers under the
surveillance of the autherities. Sqae
;ppeta r kr b.. ",, .as. at
the thought o 'restrictions being
placed upbn them. Why, we cannot
imagine; for no sane individual who
earns his living by the pen, if look
ing the matter in its proper light,
can object to the provisions of the
bill, which are as follows:
"The provisions of the bill make
it a penal otlence, punishable by fille
and imnprisonnenit, for any newspaper
to publish information ot the numliber,
disposition or movements of any of
the forces of the army or navy; or
the cargo or armament of any vessel
in the naval service; or the descrip
tion of any battery, fortification or
military invention; or of any signal
or flag employed or adopted by thin
commauding ofticer of any post."
In the above, we cannot see any
thinig that should elicit the expressions
made by many newspaper pu'.lishers.
It should he borne in mind that these
are times altogether . different from
those heretofore experienced by us;
and if Congress deems it advisable
for the success of our canse to par
tially bridle the press, we should not
oppose, but favor the precaution.
There is in this matter too much free
dom, for a paper in the hands of many
imprudent men, is capable of dcoing
much Larne it is too well known. In
nmany instances have 'we seen the
abuse of the freedom of the press.
Often have we kept out of our journal
items that would in our opinion, if
published, eventually prove toour dis
comfiture. 'l'oo much freedom of the
ipress is what lhas brought upon us thle
present difficulties, and which will at
some future t imne, if not checked, be the
means of entangling us into other
embroglios.
We believe that the majority of
publishlers will cohicide with us in the
view taken. Verily, "" the pen is
Imightier than the sword."
Our pork packers are now ready
to ship the result of their labors, at
the first opportunity. We opine that
when the first boats up make their
return trips to New Orleans, our city
friends, when they get a glimpse of the
freight-pork, lard, etc.-will think
that they have mistaken a Cincinnati
tub for a Red River craft.
Blad News.
We have again to chronicle inte'lli
gence, which, if true, is far from be
ing very acceptable, and only conrroh
orates our previous rematrk.~, that the
enemy is determined at all hazards
tpharra.ssourtorces. As will be seen
by reference to our telegrams, Fort
Henry. has faillen into the hands of
the enemy ;,how to account for this,
we know not, unless is that our fiorces
were not strong enough at that point.
The eneuny, all were aware, was
determnined to take the Port, having
:made-repeated attempts without snc
<e'as. Tie we would have thougha t
sufliieent to guard our armny against
tie thret.tened danger. This intelli
gence w t!iori can be relied on, still
we do not vouch for its truthfulness.
It is reported. that the Teamrnaee rier
ibr~ige at thaS place, has beendestaey
ode tht it would ap~ear is incorrect,
for ptle.ia of thise place, wlh are
..ggmen t*6e well.acqpuisnteul swah
1that ieesib. de A'toWsoeyc,. amesu
pou i h the'a',iet Wasi s
looke dpon in the same light, which
we t nf~t will ,he t"hecase.
Azes I gland.
t-` late a cl
4;f3, . b iithe Tines eaIxpc is
when all the bills are in it will be
idouble th t spu, and the money has
not been tfrown away.
1iaeIl, in hiss corresponaencetothe
Londou Times, predicts the fate of
the American Government will be
sealed ifJanw-try passes without some
gr,,at victory.
A decree by the Emperor appoints
Marshal Maignsat Grand Master of
the Free Masons in France. 'The
(;rand Master has hitherto been el
ected by the Free Masons theim
Selves.
The suspension of Shea's bank at
Madrid is attributed to the heavy
defalcations by tile junior partner.
'The liabiiities were estimated at
.£250,000 and upwards.
A violent shock of earthquake was
felt at Dresden on the 9th. It ex
tended as far as Leipsic. No dam
age is reported.
It was reported that Russia had
sent an embarrassing ultimatum to
Rome to the effect that if the Pope
does not condemn the conduct of the
Polish clergy Russia will recognise
the Kingdom of Italy.
Thlle Turks at Tripoli have mal
treated several Christian inhabitants.
Tl'he French Consul demanded indemn
nity, and a French frigate had arriv
ed off the port.
The English navy officers express
the most supreme disgust at the cow
ardly backing out of the Yankee in
thle Mason and Slidell affair. The
Spaniards again complain of the
seeming slight bestowed on their
(.ovt.rnment. in never having the
had a commissioner sent to Madrid.
T'hey claim that they would have
long since recognized us having the
same institutions to uphold that we
have. Our Government should re
medy the evil. Gemtlemen from
Europe say the Spaniards are our
warmest friends everywhere.-Hav
ana Cor. Mobile Tribune.
Plunder.--The Tyelr Repter al
Inding to the battle with Ofpothley.
bolo, gives the following as the res
ult, showing very conclusively that
Indian fighting is sometimes a pay
ing businesia. After putting the
rascals fairly to rout the gama bagg
ed was thus sanmed up
About 300 warriors killed. and
over 500 of their women and child
ren captured. Also Q0r negroes, 1100
horses, 43 lhaded wagons, 90 yoke
of oxen, 500 be4f eastbe, 600 sheep,
and a large lot of amrmnunition and
provisions. It is said that Opoth
leyholo's contmman is completely
broken up.
A Good Hlit.-A wit of an editor
thus hits another editor who had
smeered at a political speaker tfr be
ing a shoemaker:
We don,t know that the editot can
possibly swallow a regular shoemak
er but ho writes asR if he swallowed a
great many cobblers' every day."
Waehiagtoun specials state that a
member of Congreass has a letter from
an officer in high rank in the army
to a younger officer, then in Califor
nia, advisiln him to go somuth, and
that yotung ficer is now on Beau
regard's staff.
Seventeen of the twenty-asx news
pefs that werte published in Flord
a, tlwele mtppths ago have beena
uAea A,.bjzsason of hart
'.-i'arl4 .Little Affaiir in Ithe
Sounid.-O)ur ,,lc actquaintance, ( arpt.
Myers, of the C. . steamner ()regon,
jeli eng fil n uity-, ýia §aindt av,
anegi'amy pairtlua *a' e4.
p e tI il4itl~" Irnsh in tlhe
Sound, near Pess Chlristian.
At Major S'illnneanaore's ra'equest,
the captain, lhavinhtg lj. .riitrmeal the
dtttyiasigned limn. ran down towards
Ship 0lamtl, when the U. i. yte.amer
propeller New London emerged froma
the Yankee fleet to drive him away.
To draw her into shallow water. and
at a distance from succor, hes put the
Oregon about to tlhe. westward, and
waited off the east end of I'sass Ch!ris
tian fir the enemy to conie within
range. As sooi as she did so, the'
Oregon opened tire from her rifle
gun.
During tile engngement that ensu
ed onet shell took effect near the how
of the the New jLondon. The l:tter
replied with seine twenty rifle shell.
The captain of the O(regon having
come out with no expectation of an
engagement, had not sppl'aie-d himnselfc
with a sufficient quantity of ammunui
tion to keep up a protracted contest,
and was thierefore reluctantly coet
pelled to withdraw, after having kept
uip the gallant fight for a halt hour
or more.
The enemy evinced not the slight
eat disposition to continaue the enr
gagement, but put about and reta na
ed to her anchorage at Ship Island.
The Oregon ran into Pass Chris
tian, remaining there one or two
hours, and then left for this city,
where she arrived at 5 o'clock yes
terday (Monday) morning.
The shell of the enemy were hand
somely directed, and fell in danger
ous.prozinmity to all aboard the Ore
gon. Our friend Myers was obliged
to squat at the approach of one of
thems. And yet, providentially, not
one struck the gallant little craft,
Lieut. Rainey's practice equaled
theirs. All his shells exploded very
near the enemy.
Capt. Myers reports that the de
tachmelent of the Broukhaven Artil
lerv Mississippi Volunteers, worked
their guns with thel utmtiost cooliess
and intrepidity, and his crew exhih
ited the strictest atte'lntionl to their
deuties during the whole of this lively
little affair.
We are indebted to Major-Gen.
Lovell for his permaaisPion to publish
these facts from the tofficial report of
Capt. Myers.-Picavuue.
Free Negroes in O/;o.-rThe Cin
cinnati Enquirer states that the !..
lowing petition is being circedate: :,
Ohio, and that in Jefl~:rson tow,:;
Frankli'*ounty, the countrv in w i.r
Columbus. is situated, the petit
received the signatures of two i. 
dred and forty-one voters:.
To the General Assembly e t.-_L1
State of Ohio: We, thel. under.
voters of Franklin county, 01l.
view of the intimation made i.
President of ~ah Uuited. Stem -. .a
his message, that b an act of "ma
gress, and by laws of some it" :h,
States, to be hereafter enacted, lam::I:
eofthe negroes held as slaves mae i.
set t liberty, and fearing tlhat thie
may wander into Ohio, to thie grea
damage of the white inhabitauts ol
oar State, and especially to thost
who have to depend upon their labo.
to support, theonmuselvea and tianilios.
We thlerefor', respectfully aak youn
honorable body to enact a law s
stringent in its provisions, as totaily
to prohibit any Itfgr~eo fomt imi.i-at
ing into, settling or holding proler·
ty in Ohio.
Ai;d, i hot in conflict with tha
Coas@nticu. it$at yea rdi.. csarw'
those now in Ohio to be remnoved in
as reasonasble a timt, as v,,ur judg
itenut lmay sIgedSi, Mad that you mnake
ith.tl:e duty the trustees of the se, -
eral~:t ow~shi i tO see -4utht said law
be tiitlh lly .autioeeed.
P'a'we pritia.'"--.e find the
tfllo,wing ridicul-ous ,a:ragraph in the
C'licoago Tribune of ,the 2:1 inletant.
whLich serves to sliow tilu ex'tent to
thet falsehoods tiand base character
of the e1xpe lient 'resort.ed to by the.
enemy to keep utip the war.
ltutinors havw:e been current at
S pringfield and St. Louis that prIo
positions of peacee hlave Ieen otl'eredi
by .eff.t IDavis to the adminuistration,
as well as to England anld lransce.
''These relr,'ted Propcsit ion are as fo:
1. Recognition of tiL, Seouthlernl
Ctmt'elfeereacv.
2. .JAbsrIte free trade betweeui
Northern andl Southern Oon-federsa
:1. Abrogation of the fugitive slave
law.
4. introduchtion of ('oolie labor to
Southern States.
In addition to the' above, a gentle
man residing in St. Ii.is in. a higlh
otlicial c'apacity is the autl.brity tior
the statemieasnt that he eaurned froit
Federal otlicers who claim to Ie inl
comAuinuication with relatives in the
Cionfeiderate ialny, that Davis uhas al
so stubmitted the fUlOwillg:
i. AbolitioL of slavery int twenty
OI1 ye.ars.
SThis last, the gentleinantl says. is
the bait thrownl out to IEngliallid.
'1The bl uc~Lkad attelulited by the.
North is afticting the. Yaaikees. ''The
pape'r imakers are breakinll downL
since they have lost their southern
custilomlers. 'lThe 'I'relntonl (\. .1..
American says:
All tile aper mills in this city
have suspended operations, simply
because they cannot get cash for tile
suanulfactured article; anld at such
titles ase tihem no reliance calln be
placed oan iae's proisiies tio payI-..
Large sumsl of iutolwy Lae alreadylv
been lst by our paper wlukers by thie
failure of thle New York houses, 11,; id.
they dol not fet.l like risking ainl,
amoare. We had four pasper mills in
opelra:ition in this city, anil la year a agy',
doing a viery prosperous husiness..
Adventures in Western Virginla.
The irewsinrt war alreuly has givYen.
birth to incidents of deadly peril :and
etxtraordiuarv persual t rave(r thlat
tutare sarely been clesaltd.- {)Onel of
lie ir. st thrilling adventlres tlhat we&
.- yet heitard wta IanrnAtedi ill thei
.e of the Michigan s 'enatral railroadl
by ll a Micliganuder who haad ibeeilt
'~ajg with anr Ohio regimnellt itn
\.'..-,.rn Virginia, and who waves niow
I):! I w- wal* Iurine to Jascksont. AVWe
S:leavor to reproduce the story
":!y as possible in, his own words..
i,:t Lbeen scotutiig for about J
.:", nid lost all trace of my COil
:.. ii of tihe road. Niglht canumec
, I ; laid down in a piet'( of
...i-":, sleep. caunai limne dnring,
..... : !t I was awakened by a stin;g-.
i: :ling ia ny lhft ear, atlli I
jl: i,:,., to mn y teet. Urack ! went a
ri i!e ;t a short distanUce, anud a bullt
Iwhi:,zed by tmy other ylour. It weai
a hright moonlight uight and directly
in fiimnt of ae2 I SILw a ellcussed Stceshler'
'sitting on a rock, looking upl to taks.
,n' aOibar plug at Ito. Yon'd better
beik.ve I graspedl my rifloluntty qtick
rln '"pust" b-hlind a tree.. So did,
, Se-Stv . We staid behlinad our trees,
pottyr unto * euarter 0of ian hour be
fbre either of as moved. Old 'Seceh
Seepnd out, eand I- meat a butl